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Home Tag Archives: Lea County jail

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Lea jail not honoring ICE holds

By Michael
December 6, 2019
in :  Local News

Fifty years ago, men walked on the moon. Today, plans are being laid to slingshot to Mars from the moon while livestreaming. But for any taxpayer wishing to know the proportion of inmates at the Lea County Detention Center who are in the United States illegally, or the citizenship status of any particular inmate, it’s anyone’s guess. That’s because the …

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Jailor charged over sex with inmate

By Michael
June 18, 2019
in :  Local News

A former Lea County corrections officer faces a second-degree felony charge punishable by up to nine years in prison after she allegedly had sex with an inmate at the county jail. Amelia Alvarado, 30, of Hobbs, was arrested Thursday on a charge of criminal sexual penetration in the second degree. A warrant for her arrest had been issued June 6 …

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